Study shows how smart limpets keep their cool in warming climate

Humble limpets clinging to rocky shores around Aotearoa are surprisingly savvy when it comes to climate change adaptation, a new University of Canterbury study shows. Dr. Spencer Virgin, a postdoctoral fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), has worked on a thesis project he has dubbed “hot limpets,” exploring how these common shellfish cope with a warming climate.

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